vendor:
Internet Explorer
by:
Stelian Ene
9,3
CVSS
HIGH
Buffer Overflow
119
CWE
Product Name: Internet Explorer
Affected Version From: 6.0.2900.2802
Affected Version To: 6.0.3790.0
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2006-1745
CPE: a:microsoft:internet_explorer
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References:
N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003
2006
MSHTML.DLL IE Buffer Overflow
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the mshtml.dll component of Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to a boundary error when processing a specially crafted HTML page. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the user running Internet Explorer.
Mitigation:
Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer